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Stories, opinions and updates from across Oxfam’s work written by staff, partner organisations and guest authors. Explore reflections on global justice and inequality, insight from campaigns and communities, and ideas on how people can take action for change.

March for Love, for Hope, for Unity, together and push back hate.

12 Mar 2026

There is no "them and us" – join the Together march
A graphic of a businessman's man holding a ballotbox

23 Jan 2026

Resisting the rule of the rich – and why it matters
Logo for the Safe Sick Pay campaign that features the name in black text, a pale blue heart with a white medical cross in the corner of the heart..

7 Feb 2025

Sick pay in the UK: why workers need better protection from hardship
Nelson Mandela dressed in black at a podium with the logo 'Make Poverty History' giving a speech in front of a stone structure.

3 Feb 2025

Looking back at Make Poverty History
Demonstrators at the Make Them Pay march with Big Ben, London in the background. There are flags and banners with slogans of "Tax the super rich", "Tax the rich", and "Make polluters pay".

21 Jan 2025

Who wants to be a trillionaire?
Graphic with a pale beige background that depicts 5 men in red silhouette stood around or sat on a large roll of 100 dollar bills. In the background is a black and white graphic of two women, a baby and a young man stood next to a small pile of coins

20 Jan 2025

The new trillionaire class is nearly here
Atsede Bere is sat cradling her young child and smiling at Nurse Bethlehem Feleke who is sat on the opposite side of a desk. The clinic is bright green with posters on the wall and there are promotional healthcare leaflets on the desk.

9 Nov 2024

Why the World Bank must tackle the hidden cost of illness
Women farmworkers tending a field in a village in Deir Ez-Zor, Syria

27 Mar 2024

The women left behind in Syria fighting the patriarchal gap
A large comical puppet of super-rich man in a grey suit sitting on a throne being held aloft by demonstrators at the Make Them Pay march.

31 Jan 2024

Closer to a trillionaire than ending poverty
Senator Bernie Sanders wearing a dark suit with a light blue and white striped shirt. He has white hair, wears glasses and is smiling. The background shows some dark red buildings, white buildings with green roofs, trees and there are clouds in the sky.

18 Jan 2024

Bernie Sanders on billionaires and global inequality
Mariam is smiling, wearing a red tunic and head covering with a pattern of white and blue flowers standing in front cooking firepits outside of sandy walls and buildings

17 Jan 2024

The $100 trillion gender wealth gap
Two male hands in a handshake pose with a background of dollar bills floating down.

15 Jan 2024

How corporate power fuels global inequality